The First Direct Images of Exoplanets with JWST, ft. Dr. Emily Rickman

We caught up with Dr. Emily Rickman, Science Operations Scientist with the European Space Agency located at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, and asked her three questions about how JWST was used to directly image exoplanet HIP 65426b.

More information and images: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01GBT1E93YV7YND5MFS1603FWJ

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